Gorsuch, Thomas Look Lonely on Whether to Strike Obamacare (4)

Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch appear to be in the minority among court conservatives open to sinking an entire law when rejecting a piece of it if a Monday decision is any guide, as the Supreme Court prepares to take up another challenge to the Affordable Care Act next term.

A coalition of Republican-controlled states argues that amendments to the healthcare law in 2017 effectively eliminated the “individual mandate,” requiring healthcare coverage. The Justice Department under President Donald Trump isn’t defending the law, saying the “entire ACA thus must fall.”

Gorsuch and Thomas signaled that they agree in an ...